Putrefactive mastitis

Putrefactive mastitis . The infection tends to spread rapidly due to the attachment of vascular thrombosis, impaired blood flow and the progression of necrosis of the gland tissue, fat and skin. The patient's condition is extremely difficult, liver failure often develops against intoxication and sepsis.

Treatment - an early operation - a wide opening of abscesses, excision of necrosis zones, active drainage of the wound, it is expedient to use hyperbaric oxygenation, local insulators with controlled abacterial medium. Massive antibiotic therapy. With the progression of the process, removal of the gland (mastectomy) is indicated.

The prognosis is serious.

Complications of mastitis: sepsis, submentoral phlegmon.